Web Based Information System for Thematic Monitoring in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Nowadays, Web based system getting more popular among all private and government firm all over the island as it is easier and can be easily and efficiently accessible by everyone in any comer of the world. Likewise, I was allocated as a member of a web implementing project team from the beginning to end of this project. The United Nation (UN) has been launching a program Called Millennium Development Goals,with the support of the Ministry of Policy Development and Implementation PDI).MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) tends to out put the evaluation and comparison of social status such as total number of deaths /due to Malaria, Tuberculosis, number of labour force divisionally, according to goals and targets (as in Millennium Declaration) and indicators for monitoring progress. The existing web based system of the MPDI, called as Divisional Monitoring System (DMS) gives only an evaluation of the social status. In addition to that, the UN needs information to monitor issues of a multidimensional nature such as poverty, privatization, foreign direct investments, exports, macro economic performance and reforms. Further, UN needs to compare these factors among divisions as well as between years. The comparison is required in the form of graphs and numerical values. Currently this process is done manually. It is relatively less efficient and less accuracy than computer base system. Therefore the UN faces grate amount of difficulties in monitoring these issues and this courses delaying lunching the social development programs in right time in Sri Lanka.We developed a web based user-friendly Information system to meet the above requirements. It will be able to execute input data, which is given through graphical interfaces, and give output as graphs and numerical values among divisions as well as between years accordingly. User interfaces were created using Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Active Server Page (ASP), Visual Basic Script (Vb Script) and CSS. Database was created using Structured Query Language (SQL).